The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:

“Charity in secret extinguishes the wrath of the Lord, maintaining family ties increases life span, and performing good deeds protects [you] from evil fates.”

Saheeh al-Jāmi’ 3760 | Shaykh al-Albāni رحمه الله | Saheeh

Translation: Authentic Quotes

“Whatever afflicts a believer in anything related to his worldly life is indeed nothing in comparison to having correctness of his religion; that which protects his affair in his worldly life and his Hereafter.”

ومهما أصيب المؤمن في شيء من دنياه، فإن ذلك ليس بشيء عند سلامة دينه الذي هو عصمة أمره في دنياه وأخراه

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, al-Ḍiyāʾ al-Lāmiʿ min ʾl-Khuṭab al-Jawāmiʿ 1/118
ابن عثيمين، الضياء اللامع من الخطب الجوامع ١/١١٨
http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-30920/page-117

Muslim manners include rectifying our unjust inclination to think poorly of others while thinking highly of oneself. The best of the Muslims are highly critical & suspicious of their own selves, questioning their own motives & actions much, while thinking the best of good people.

🌐https://twitter.com/1MMeducation/status/1167452187380920321


When someone of apparent goodness advises us & we don't see things how they do (initially), let's just listen & ask Allah to show us the good of his advice. Say: "Thank you for the advice. I'll think about it carefully." Maybe its exactly what we need & we just can't see it yet.

🌐https://twitter.com/1MMeducation/status/1167456369311662080

A Series of Reminders About The Month of Muḥarram - No.1

From The Virtues Of The Month Of Muḥarram

Sh. Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه الله إيمانه said: "From the greatest virtues is that in it is the day of ‘Āshūrā', which the Prophet ﷺ informed that fasting it expiates [the sins of] the previous year."

● [فضائل شهر محرم]

The Idle Person; Two Destructive Affairs; Acquire Knowledge Before It Is Taken Away: [Admonition By Abdullah Bin Mas’ood] In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Ibn Mas’ood said:

“I dislike to see a man being idle- neither (occupied) with beneficial affairs of the dunya, nor deeds of the Aakhira”. [Ref 1]

He [radiyallaahu-anhu] said:

“[There] are two affairs that are destructive- Self-amazement and despairing of Allaah’s Mercy”. [Ref 2]

He [radiyallaahu-anhu] said:

“Acquire knowledge before it is taken away and it being taken away is the departure of its people (i.e. the death of the scholars). Indeed, beware of [التنَطُّع (i.e. going beyond what Allaah has legislated with regards to one’s practice of the religion); التعمُّق (i.e. looking too deeply into affairs in a manner that leads a person to overstep the boundaries of the legislation) and بدع (innovation in religion). And upon you is (to hold onto the) ancient affair (i.e. the way of the Salaf)”. [Ref 3]

Ref 1: Al- Fawaaid page 213; Ref 2: Hilyatul Awliyaa 7/298; Ref 3: Reported by Bayhaqiy (rahimahullaah) in Al-Madkhal Ilaa As-Sunan Al-Kubraa Number: 387; Ad-Daarimiy (rahimahullaah) in As-Sunan 1/54; Ibn Abdul Barr (rahimahullaah) in Jaami Bayaan al-Ilm 1/152; Al-Khateeb (rahimahullaah) in Al-Faqeeh Wal-Mutafaqqih 1/43

A man from Khuzā’ah wrote the following poetry:

My brother is not someone who shows me his love by speech alone;

Rather, my brother is someone who loves me through the difficult times,

Whose wealth is my wealth if I become destitute,

And whatever is mine is his if his fate changes.

Brotherhood during good times is not praiseworthy

If indeed, you deny the brothers when times become hard.

And then he is just “Hi, how are you?” and “Marhaba,”

But with his money, he is sly like a fox.

Book: Selections from the Garden of the Wise and the Meadow of the Virtuous - المنتقى من كتاب روضة العقلاء ونزهة الفضلاء
Author: Abū Hātim Ibn Hibbān
Published by: Authentic Statements Publications
Translated by: Ihsan Gonsalves
Page: 60

*Being Determined in One's Dua'aa*

Anas ibn Malik (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

*إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْزِمْ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَلاَ يَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَعْطِنِي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ مُسْتَكْرِهَ لَه*

*When one of you supplicates, let him be determined in the supplication and he should not say: O Allah, give me if you will. There is no one to coerce Allah.*

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5979

In another narration, the Prophet said:

ادْعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَنْتُمْ مُوقِنُونَ بِالْإِجَابَةِ

Call upon Allah with certainty that he will answer you.

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3479

Ibn Hajar comments on this tradition, saying:

وَمَعْنَى الْأَمْرِ بِالْعَزْمِ الْجِدُّ فِيهِ وَأَنْ يَجْزِمَ بِوُقُوعِ مَطْلُوبِهِ

The meaning of determination is to be persistent in the supplication and to affirm that what is asked will occur.

Source: Fatḥ al-Bārī 5979

And An-Nawawi writes:

هُوَ حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ بِاَللَّهِ تَعَالَى فِي الْإِجَابَةِ

It is to have good expectations (ḥusn al-ẓann) that Allah the Exalted will answer you.

Source: Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2678

‘Alī bin Muhammad al-Bassāmi told me this poetry:

From the best types of sustenance is that which calms

The eyes of someone blessed, wealthy or poor.

To be happy with a small amount

Is better for you than wealth in a luxurious garden.

One of the greatest and most important gifts that Allāh can give his slaves is contentment. There is nothing more peaceful for the body than being pleased with Allāh’s decree. If there was no other praiseworthy characteristic of contentment except peace and refraining from falling into bad situations, then it would be obligatory for a wise person to hold on to contentment in every situation.

Book: Selections from the Garden of the Wise and the Meadow of the Virtuous - المنتقى من كتاب روضة العقلاء ونزهة الفضلاء
Author: Abū Hātim Ibn Hibbān
Published by: Authentic Statements Publications
Translated by: Ihsan Gonsalves
Page: 83

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (RA) reported: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "He who has, in his heart, an ant's weight of arrogance will not enter Jannah." Someone said: "A man likes to wear beautiful clothes and shoes?" Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Allah is Beautiful, He loves beauty. Arrogance means ridiculing and rejecting the Truth and despising people."

(Riyad as-Salihin, Book 1, Hadith 612)

Ornamenting ourselves is a way of being grateful for Allah's bounty, but if the ego enters the heart, desires takeover to be better than others, the self rules our actions and we deviate from seeking Allah swt's pleasure. Beware of arrogance by remaining in a state of gratitude and humility.

Encouragement for Keeping Secrets

On the authority of Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه, the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

استعينوا على الحوائج بكتمان السر فإن لكل نعمة حاسدا.

Seek protection for your possessions by keeping secrets, because for every blessing there is an envier.*

Whoever seeks to traverse the way of the people of wisdom and intelligence should keep his inner thoughts secret; he should not declare that which he conceals to anyone, whether he deems them trustworthy or untrustworthy, because eventually at some point in time your relationship with one another may change and then he will reveal that which he used to keep secret to spite the other person.

* This hadīth is rated hasan (good); see its supporting narrations in As-Sahīhah (1453).

Book: Selections from the Garden of the Wise and the Meadow of the Virtuous - المنتقى من كتاب روضة العقلاء ونزهة الفضلاء
Author: Abū Hātim Ibn Hibbān
Published by: Authentic Statements Publications
Translated by: Ihsan Gonsalves
Page: 103

A Tree-Trunk Cried for Missing Muhammad! ===

روى البخاري عن جَابِر بْن عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قال: " كَانَ المَسْجِدُ مَسْقُوفًا عَلَى جُذُوعٍ مِنْ نَخْلٍ، فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا خَطَبَ يَقُومُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ مِنْهَا، فَلَمَّا صُنِعَ لَهُ المِنْبَرُ، وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ، فَسَمِعْنَا لِذَلِكَ الجِذْعِ صَوْتًا كَصَوْتِ العِشَارِ، حَتَّى جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا، فَسَكَنَتْ."

Bukhari narrated that Jabir Ibn `Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him and his father, said, "The roof of the [Prophet’s] Masjid (in Madinah) was built over trunks of date-palms working as pillars. When the Prophet, blessing and mercy on him, delivered a khutbah (speech, sermon), he used to stand by one of those trunks, until the minbar (podium, pulpit) was made for him, and he used it instead. Then, we heard the trunk sending a sound (weeping) like of a pregnant she-camel, until the Prophet, salla allahu alaihi wa-sallam, went to it and placed his hand over it, then, it became quiet."

Imam Ahmad added in his narration that the Messenger of Allah said,

إِنَّ هَذَا بَكَى لِمَا فَقَدَ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ

“This [tree-trunk] wept for missing the dhikr,” meaning, the remembrance of Allah the Messenger of Allah, blessings and mercy on him, used to recite and preach while standing next to it.

Also, Ibn Majah narrated from Abdullah Ibn Abbas and Anas Ibn Malik that, the Messenger [also] hugged the tree-trunk, until it became quiet. He then said,

لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

“Had I not hugged it (the tree-trunk), it would have cried until the Day of Resurrection” (Sahih Ibn Majah)

What is the matter with Muslims today that many of them would follow people and ideas which lead them away from Muhammad, blessings and mercy on him, and from his Sunnah! Don’t they miss Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah,? Don’t they miss his blessed Sunnah?

Jalal Abualrub (www.IslamLife.com)
September 12, 2019

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

Al-Abbas (R.A.), the Uncle of The Prophet Muhammed ﷺ, came to the Prophet Muhammed ﷺ and said:

“Ya Rasulullah, teach me a Dua.”

The Prophet Muhammed ﷺ said:

“O my Uncle, say:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

"ALLAHUMMA INNI AS' ALUKA AL'AFIYAH"

Meaning: "O Allah, I ask you for Afiyah."

Now what is Afiyah?

Afiyah means:

To be saved from any afflictions, you are in Afiyah.
To be healthy, you are in Afiyah.
To have enough money, you are in Afiyah.
To live, you are in Afiyah.
To have your children protected, you are in Afiyah.
And if you are forgiven and not punished, you are in Afiyah.
So basically, Afiyah means:

“O Allah, protect me from any Pains and Sufferings.”

This includes both Dunya and Akhirah.

Al-Abbas (R.A.) thought about this for a while, and then he came back after a few days and said (paraphrased):

“Ya Rasulullah ﷺ, this Dua seems a little short. I want something big.”

The Prophet Muhammed ﷺ said:

“My Dear Uncle, ask Allah for Afiyah for Wallahi, you cannot be given anything better than Afiyah.”

It is a simple Dua, Sincerely mean what you say while praying.

“O Allah, I ask You to be saved from any Distress, Grief, Hardship, Harm, and don't test me, etc.”

All of above and much more is included in:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ

"ALLAHUMMA INNI AS' ALUKA AL'AFIYAH"

(Riyadh As Saliheen, Sunan At-Tirmidhi).

Upon Tawheed And Following The Sunnah


Shaykh Muhammad Nasir Uddeen Al-Albaani [رحمه الله] said:

❝Our problem today is that we have turned away from the foundational principle for which we were created; Which is the worship of Allaah - Tabaraka Wa Ta'ala. So, most of us do not worship Allaah and the few who do worship Allaah do not know how to worship Him.❞

[Silsilah Huda Wa Noor, (Tape: No. 5) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

FIVE WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR RIZQ (provision)💰

1⃣ MAKING CONTINUES ISTAGHFAAR ✨

Allah Ta'ala says:

"Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; He will send rain to you in abundance; And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers."

📚: Qur'an [71:10-12]

2⃣ FEARING ALLAH (having Taqwa) ✨

Allah Ta'ala says:

"And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him."

📚: Qur'an [65:2-3]

3⃣ RELYING ONLY UPON ALLAH ✨

The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said:

"If you were to rely upon Allah with the required reliance, then He would provide for you just as a bird is provided for, it goes out in the morning empty, and returns full."

📚: Tirmidhi 2344 | Hasan

4⃣ UPHOLDING THE TIES OF KINSHIP ✨

The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said:

"Whoever would like his rizq (provision) to be increased and his life to be extended, should uphold the ties of kinship."

📚: Sahih Bukhari 5986

5⃣ GIVING CHARITY ✨

Allah Ta'ala says:

"Whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah's Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers."

📚: Qur'an [34:39]

Cures from anxiety and sorrow (provision )

Miraath Benefit
*Why learn knowledge?*
Translated
By
Abbas Abu Yahya
Miraath.net

Ibn Qutayba -Rahimahullaah- describing why the Salaf used to seek knowledge, he said:

'A student in the past used to listen to learn and know to do good deeds and understand the Deen of Allaah so he could benefit himself and benefit others.

Now it has become: he listens to gather knowledge, he gathers knowledge so he can be mentioned amongst people, he memorizes so he can win an argument and can be proud.'

[Ikhtilaaf al-Alfaath p.18]

*لما تعلم العلم؟*

قال ابن قتيبة رحمه الله في وصف حالة صدر هذه الأمة وسلفها في طلب العلم إذ قال:

(كان طالب العلم فيما مضى يَسمع لِيعلم,ويَعلم ليعمل, ويتفقه في دين الله لينتفع وينفع, وقد صـار الآن: يسمع ليجمع, ويجمع لِيُذكر, ويحفظ ليغلب ويفخر)
اهـ / اختلاف اللفظ ص 18.

The Blessings Of Allaah


Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih al-Uthaymeen [رحمه الله] said:

❝So reflect upon the blessings of Allaah upon you. These religious and worldly blessings are abundant, comprehensive, wide-ranging. With this you come to know the truthfulness of this Ayaah, Allaah [تعالى] said:

﴿وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لاَ تُحْصُوهَا إِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ﴾ ‏[إبراهيم: 34]

«and if you count the Blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them. Verily! Man is indeed an extreme wrong-doer, – a disbeliever» [Ibraheem: 34]❞

[Ash-Sharh al-Mumta, (1/99) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

💎Deeds which are equal to the Reward of Hajj

From Abu Umamah that The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said:

«مَنْ غَدَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ لا يُرِيدُ إِلا أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ خَيْرًا أَوْ يَعْلَمَهُ، كَانَ لَهُ كَأَجْرِ حَاجٍّ تَامًّا حِجَّتُهُ»

Whoever went to the Masjid not wanting except to learn goodness or to teach it then he has the reward equal to a person performing Hajj completely.’

[Collected by Tabrani in ‘al-Kabeer’ authenticated by Al-Albaani | Translated by: Abbas Abu Yahya]
https://followingthesunnah.com/2019/08/08/deed-no-1-going-to-the-masjid-to-learn

*Physical Illnesses & Turning to Allaah*

*Shaykh ul Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah -Rahimahullaah- said:*

” كثير من المرضى يشفون بلا تداوٍ بدعوة مستجابة أو رقية نافعة أو قوة للقلب وحسن التوكل”

‘Many sick people are cured without treatment but by a *supplication which is answered,* or beneficial Ruqqiyah, or strength of heart and good reliance upon Allaah.’

[Al-Fatawa 21/563]

*Allaama Ibn al-Qayyim -Rahimahullaah- said:*

” ذِكرُ الله .. والإقبالُ عليه ... والإنابةُ إليه .. والفزعُ إلى الصلاة كم قد شُفِيَ بهم مِن عليلٍ وكم قد عُوفِيَ بهم مِن مريض…”.

‘How many people have been cured from illnesses and how many sick people have been pardoned by the *remembrance* of Allaah. . . *coming closer* to Allaah. …… and *turning repentantly* to Him and hastily turning to standing in prayer.

[Miftah Dar as-Sa’ada 1/250]

*Allaama Ibn al-Qayyim -Rahimahullaah- said:*

” ما من مرض من أمراض القلوب والأبدان إلا وفي القرآن سبيل الدلالة على دوائه وسببه “

‘There is no illness from the illnesses of the *hearts and bodies* except that in the Qur’aan there is the path which shows its cure and the reasons for its illnesses.’

[Zad al-Ma’ad 4/352]

*Imam Muhammad bin Nasr al-Marwazi -Rahimahullaah- said:*

” ولا نعلم طاعة يدفع الله بها العذاب مثل الصلاة “.

‘ We do not know of an act of obedience with which Allaah repels punishment like that of standing in prayer.’

He also said:

«تلاوة القرآن تعمل في أمراض الفؤاد ما يعمله العسل في علل الأجساد».

‘The recitation of the Qur’aan brings *benefits to illnesses* that which even honey cannot do for sicknesses of bodies.’

[Tabseerah p.79]

*Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr -Rahimahullaah- said:*

” الله يجعل لأوليائه عند ابتلائهم مخارج. وإنما يتأخر ذلك عن بعضهم في بعض الأوقات تهذيباً وزيادة لهم في الثواب “

‘Allaah makes a way out for His Awaliya when they are trialed. However, He delays that exit for some of them, some of the time to *purify* and *increase* the reward for them.’

[Fath al-Bari 6/483]

*Shaykh AbdurRahman as-Sa’adi -Rahimahullaah- said:*

الدعاء سلاح الأقوياء والضعفاء. وملاذ الأنبياء والأصفياء وبه يستدفعون كل بلاء.

‘Dua is the *weapon* for the strong and the weak. It is the *fortress* of the Prophets and the chosen ones and with *Dua they repel all trials..’*

[Majmoo’ Mualafatihi 23/736]

Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya

The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) used to say this duaa:

« اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Allahumma inni aaozubika minal-ajzi wal-kasali wal-jubni wal-bukhli wal-harami wa azaabi-l qabr

• Oh Allah, I seek refuge with You from helplessness, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, old age and the torment of the grave.

اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلاَهَا

Allahumma ati nafsi taqwaha wa zakkiha anta khairu man zakkaha anta waliyyuha wa maulaha

• Oh Allah, grant my soul piety and purify it, for You are the best to purify it. You are its Guardian and its Lord.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لاَ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا ‏»

Allahumma inni aaozubika min ilmi la yanfa'u wa min qalbi la yakhsha'u wa min nafsi la tashba'u wa min dawati la yustajabu laha

• Oh Allah, I seek refuge with You from knowledge that is not beneficial, a heart that is not humble (before You), a soul that is not satisfied and a prayer that is not answered."

📚: Sahih Muslim 2722

The Blessings Of Allaah


Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih al-Uthaymeen [رحمه الله] said:

❝So reflect upon the blessings of Allaah upon you. These religious and worldly blessings are abundant, comprehensive, wide-ranging. With this you come to know the truthfulness of this Ayaah, Allaah [تعالى] said:

﴿وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لاَ تُحْصُوهَا إِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ﴾ ‏[إبراهيم: 34]

«and if you count the Blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them. Verily! Man is indeed an extreme wrong-doer, – a disbeliever» [Ibraheem: 34]❞

[Ash-Sharh al-Mumta, (1/99) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]